Cryptography Contracts

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 560 704
Rank change year-on-year +123 +144 -140
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 137 141 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 85 88
10th Percentile £478 £432 £439
25th Percentile £613 £525 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 £610 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% +1.67% +24.35%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £709
90th Percentile £850 £815 £779
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £610 £550
% change year-on-year +2.46% +10.91% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £59.73 £51.08
25th Percentile - £62.30 £52.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +21.74% +13.86%
75th Percentile - £72.24 £67.00
90th Percentile - £72.98 £70.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £55.97
% change year-on-year +14.29% +25.08% +11.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cryptography.

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cryptography.

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 120 £666 +11.00% 44
UK excluding London +75 77 £625 +2.46% 31
Work from Home +166 73 £625 +13.64% 21
South East +67 57 £625 - 5
London +80 40 £700 +16.67% 13
North West - 15 £670 - 4
North of England - 15 £670 - 6
South West -7 3 £690 +12.65% 13
Midlands +23 1 £750 +30.43% 2
West Midlands +14 1 £750 +30.43% 1
East of England +12 1 - - 5

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.46%) Confluence
1 2 (1.46%) nginx
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (1.46%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (49.64%) AWS
2 65 (47.45%) Azure
3 9 (6.57%) GCP
4 5 (3.65%) Amazon S3
5 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.92%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.92%) IaaS
5 4 (2.92%) PaaS
5 4 (2.92%) SaaS
5 4 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (2.19%) Azure API Management
6 3 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.19%) Serverless
6 3 (2.19%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.46%) GitHub
7 2 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.46%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 43 (31.39%) SSL
2 25 (18.25%) Network Security
3 10 (7.30%) Firewall
4 8 (5.84%) Internet
5 6 (4.38%) VPN
6 4 (2.92%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.73%) 4G
8 1 (0.73%) 5G
8 1 (0.73%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Big Data
1 3 (2.19%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.46%) OLAP
2 2 (1.46%) OLTP
2 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) JIRA
2 3 (2.19%) Git
2 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (16.79%) Finance
2 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
2 15 (10.95%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.57%) Banking
4 6 (4.38%) Electronics
5 5 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.92%) Automotive
6 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.92%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.46%) Military
8 2 (1.46%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (65.69%) Architect
2 29 (21.17%) Security Architect
3 14 (10.22%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (8.76%) Security Engineer
5 7 (5.11%) Senior
6 6 (4.38%) Blockchain Engineer
6 6 (4.38%) Lead
7 5 (3.65%) Cryptography Engineer
8 4 (2.92%) Blockchain Architect
8 4 (2.92%) Consultant
8 4 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (2.19%) AWS Architect
9 3 (2.19%) Developer
9 3 (2.19%) Lead Architect
9 3 (2.19%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.19%) Software Engineer
9 3 (2.19%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (1.46%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (1.46%) Senior Tester
10 2 (1.46%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (33.58%) Web Services
2 8 (5.84%) Smart Contracts
3 7 (5.11%) Kafka
4 3 (2.19%) .NET
5 2 (1.46%) Apache Camel
5 2 (1.46%) IBM Integration Bus
5 2 (1.46%) J2EE
5 2 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.46%) SOAP
5 2 (1.46%) Spring
5 2 (1.46%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.46%) Spring Integration
6 1 (0.73%) CSS
6 1 (0.73%) HTML
6 1 (0.73%) LDAP
6 1 (0.73%) Node.js
6 1 (0.73%) OAuth
6 1 (0.73%) OpenID
6 1 (0.73%) React
6 1 (0.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 59 (43.07%) PKI
2 16 (11.68%) Blockchain
3 8 (5.84%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.38%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (4.38%) IoT
5 5 (3.65%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.65%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.65%) Web3
6 4 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.92%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (2.19%) CBDC
7 3 (2.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.46%) DataPower
8 2 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.46%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.73%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.68%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.46%) zOS
4 1 (0.73%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.73%) CentOS
4 1 (0.73%) Debian
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Key Management
2 25 (18.25%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (18.25%) Security Architecture
3 22 (16.06%) Penetration Testing
3 22 (16.06%) Risk Management
4 21 (15.33%) Information Security
5 19 (13.87%) Computer Science
6 15 (10.95%) Project Delivery
6 15 (10.95%) Service Delivery
7 14 (10.22%) Application Security
7 14 (10.22%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.22%) Cloud Security
7 14 (10.22%) DevOps
7 14 (10.22%) Threat Modelling
8 13 (9.49%) Business Strategy
8 13 (9.49%) Identity Access Management
8 13 (9.49%) SIEM
9 12 (8.76%) IT Strategy
9 12 (8.76%) Technology Strategy
10 10 (7.30%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.76%) Java
2 11 (8.03%) Python
3 7 (5.11%) C++
4 3 (2.19%) C#
4 3 (2.19%) Clojure
4 3 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.19%) PHP
4 3 (2.19%) Ruby
5 1 (0.73%) Bash
5 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (58.39%) Security Cleared
2 58 (42.34%) Degree
3 50 (36.50%) SC Cleared
4 39 (28.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.11%) CISM
5 7 (5.11%) CISSP
5 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.46%) CEH
8 2 (1.46%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.46%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.73%) CISA
9 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.73%) OSCP
9 1 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (17.52%) NIST
2 5 (3.65%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.92%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.92%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.19%) NCSC
5 2 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.46%) COBIT
5 2 (1.46%) GDPR
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.46%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
System Software
1 51 (37.23%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.84%) Docker
3 4 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.46%) Squid
6 1 (0.73%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (3.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.46%) HAProxy
3 2 (1.46%) Nessus
4 1 (0.73%) Ansible
4 1 (0.73%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.73%) Grafana
4 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.73%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) CyberArk
3 4 (2.92%) Centrify
3 4 (2.92%) Google
3 4 (2.92%) Qualys
3 4 (2.92%) SAP
3 4 (2.92%) VMware
4 3 (2.19%) Cisco
4 3 (2.19%) Databricks
4 3 (2.19%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.19%) Splunk
4 3 (2.19%) Unisys
5 2 (1.46%) F5
5 2 (1.46%) IBM
5 2 (1.46%) Oracle
5 2 (1.46%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.46%) TSYS
6 1 (0.73%) Juniper
6 1 (0.73%) Okta
6 1 (0.73%) Thales